OTHER DEPARTMENTS

MAHARASHTRA STATE ROAD TRANSPORT CORPORATION

Introduction.— The Bhandara district forms a separate division of the Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation from 16th October 1974. The nationalisation of passenger transport was started in 1947. The services in the district were initially run by the Provincial Transport Services. After Reorganisation of States in 1956 the Provincial Transport Services continued to operate buses in Bhandara district till the merger of the same in the Maharashtra Road Transport Corporation in 1961.

For administrative convenience of operating the services the State has been divided into 15 viable units called divisions.

The officer-in-charge of each division is called the Divisional Controller who is a class I officer. He is immediately under the control of the central office of which the General Manager is the administrative head, assisted by the following departments and branches viz.,—

(1) Administration, (2) Accounts and Audit, (3) Traffic, (4) Mechanical Engineering. (5) Statistics, (6) Organisation and Methods, (7) Security, (8) Stores. (9) Civil Engineering, (10) Secretariat. (11) Legal and (12) Central Workshop.

The Divisional Controller is responsible for the operations in the Bhandara division. He is assisted by 13 class II officers who are charged with the following functional responsibilities: —

The Divisional Traffic Officer is in-charge of all matters relating to traffic and operation. He is assisted by the Divisional Traffic Superintendent. The Labour Officer looks after all matters relating to labour relation with the administration. Matters relating to publicity in the division are also looked after by the Labour Officer.

The Divisional Accounts Officers and the Divisional Statistician look after the work in connection with accounts and statistics. The technical side of the division is looked after by the Divisional Mechanical Engineer. In addition, there are as many Depot Managers as there are depots who are wholly responsible for the working of the respective depots in the division.

In so far as the working of the State Transport Corporation in the district is concerned, the operations were first started on Nagpur-Gondia and Gondia-Bhandara routes. The first depot in the district was opened in 1968 with 36 vehicles at its disposal.

Maintenance.— The light and heavy repairs of the buses are carried out at the divisional workshop situated at Nagpur. After the operation of every 24,000 kilometres the vehicles are routed by the depots to the divisional workshop for preventive maintenance. In addition, daily maintenance of vehicles in the district is carried out at Bhandara depot which has 47 vehicles attached to it. Regular daily and weekly maintenance and 8,000 kilometres docking for maintenance is also carried out in this depot.

Various amenities to the travelling public are provided at various bus stations in the district [For details see chapter 7.].

The Corporation also provides amenities to its employees. A medical dispensary functions at Bhandara. For the recreation of the employees a library and a reading room have also been provided at Bhandara.

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